Daily Features

Remembering the glory days of West Indies cricket (Part 1)By Winston McGowan The West Indies recently completed the international phase of this year’s Carib-bean cricket season.

I want me Sharma in De Morning   It was good to see on Sunday morning as our kidneys were working overtime to eliminate a copious amount of Parbo beer from the previous night, that should one conk out we could now have it replaced at GPHC.

Homophobia and the Caribbean state Aaron Kamugisha is a lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados By Aaron Kamugisha Some weeks ago, Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding appeared on BBC’s Hard Talk programme (you can see the full interview on http://www.youtube.com/results?search_

The prices Interviews and photos by Melissa Charles This week we asked the man and woman in the street which prices have gone up and how they are coping with the increases.

A close-up look at the QA II dealBy Christopher Ram Introduction When the Ministry of Finance belatedly broke its silence last month on the concessions given by the government to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QA II) it asked Guyanese to ignore such considerations as transparency and the rule of law and sought to shift the debate to the “ultimate question that needs to be asked… whether these investments are a positive development for Guyana.”

Caribbean ministers, officials meet to prepare for the WTO mini-ministerial meeting By David Jessop In a matter of days Caribbean ministers and officials will meet in London to prepare for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) mini-ministerial meeting that will take place in Geneva from July 21 onwards.

Risky business: Second thoughts on biofuels and rising food pricesBy Dr.

Heads of government By Ian McDonald We should all be pleased.

Tulips won’t grow here after the first year By John Warrrington How time goes by.

Land of many waters By Alim Hosein It is impossible to travel far in any direction in Guyana without encountering water.

A Weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospitap Inc. What I need to know about diarrhoea (stomach flu) By Dr Santosh Mhetre, MBBS, MD (Paediatrics) What is diarrhoea?

Infectious diseases By Dr. Steve Surujbally Continued   Factors influencing infectious diseases        1.

An unusual chess tournament With Errol Tiwari It was an unusual chess tournament that was held in November 2007 in the Basque city of Bilbao, Spain.

Obama breaks free (Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and colum-nist who now resides in Jamaica.

We should conform to the conventions By Eileen Cox Caricom Day was celebrated on Monday, July 7. 

Detective movies, detective work —Guyana’s Wider-World Carifesta By A.A. Fenty (Bet this will be my briefest offering in weeks!)

The achievements of women descended from the 19th century Chinese Immigrants – (Part 2)By Cecilia McAlmont and Margery Kirkpatrick Introduction In the previous article, a brief account of what was called “the Chinese Experiment”, the implications of the immigrants and their descendants becoming Creole, and one female immigrant, Loo Shee, her descendants and their achievements were discussed.

The song that’s driving everyone insane Another long weekend, more mangled cars.